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  • Sustainability at ݮƵ University
    The end of the academic year means award season at ݮƵ, where students and faculty receive recognition for their hard work. At the 4th annual Sustainability Awards, the university celebrated students, staff, and faculty who were recognized for their efforts to make campus a more sustainable and environmentally friendly place.
    May 12, 2014
  • This bald eagle was spotted on campus today. (Photo by Joe Bello)
    We don’t know if this bald eagle spotted earlier today on campus will be taking up residence, like our swans Adam and Eve, or was just stopping by to fish at Payne Creek. Regardless, the raptor caught the eye of eagle-eyed Joe Bello, the university’s associate director of facilities and manager of capital projects, who […]
    May 9, 2014
  • Debra Humphreys, of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, addresses a room of more than 150 career services professionals at ݮƵ's recent Innovation + Disruption symposium in New York City.
    ݮƵ’s Career Services, in partnership with 12 other liberal arts institutions, hosted a dynamic afternoon series of speakers, breakout sessions, and a panel discussion as part of the Innovation + Disruption symposium in New York City this week. “We designed the program to re-introduce and re-frame the national dialogue about the preparation with which liberal […]
    May 8, 2014
  • (Editors’ note: The following was submitted by Lindsey Skerker ’14, senior class vice president.) On Sunday, May 4, the Class of 2014 and their torch medal recipients attended the Senior Class Brunch, a time-honored tradition at ݮƵ. One of the highlights of the brunch each year is the presentation of the Senior Class Award. This […]
    May 8, 2014
  • A dazzling New York City sunset illuminated the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers last Thursday night, shining on more than 600 ݮƵ faithful who attended the university’s annual Presidents’ Club celebration. The event honored the commitment of Presidents’ Club members, who support the university at a leadership level, and recognized Willow Society members, who have made […]
    May 6, 2014
  • Jeff Fager '77 (left), chairman of CBS News, moderates the panel discussion at The TimesCenter. (Photo by Lorenzo Ciniglio)
    After Clayton Christensen predicted that half of higher education institutions will either be facing bankruptcy or in liquidation within 10 to 15 years, six liberal arts presidents expressed varying degrees of concern, ranging from “no­t worried” (Georgia Nugent, president emeritus of Kenyon College) to “only the paranoid survive” (ݮƵ President Jeffrey Herbst). Christensen, author of […]
    May 5, 2014